English Explanatory Dictionary

Baba Yaga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. In Russian, Finno-Ugric, Polish and Bulgarian tales, a character who lives in a hut standing on chicken legs and who flies through the air in a mortar, using the pestle as a rudder.

Pronunciation

/ˌbɑːbə ˈjɑːɡə/ bä'bə yäʹgə

Word forms

Baba Yaga the Baba Yaga Baba Iaga Baba-Iaga Baba Jaga

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *baba ęga (literally “hag of terror”), probably through Russian Ба́ба-Яга́ (Bába-Jagá).

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